Video: Paul Ryan torches ObamaCare on MSNBC

posted at 9:03 pm on July 29, 2009 by Allahpundit

Nothing here you haven’t heard before but it’s so rare these days to stumble across an engaging, concise, confident presentation on economic issues by a top Republican that he deserves some extra publicity for it. Yeah, he voted for TARP, and yeah, he voted for that awful confiscatory tax on the AIG bonuses, but he’s made to order as a message man: Young, comfortable talking about the economy, and not from the south. More TV time, please.

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What a delicious beatdown. It was polite, intelligent and such a marvelous contrast to thet Vanden Heuvel shrew. Good job Rep Ryan. I’ve been to Janesville and it may be lefty, but glad to see some sanity coming out of there.

“Don’t try to sell a govt takeover of healthcare using free market rhetoric.” Did you hear how dishonest that anchorette is? She’s really drinking the Obama kooliade. Since when is it OK for “news” anchors to a. Endorse legislation, and b. blatantly spin the facts for it? She sounded like an administration OPERATIVE.

Love how he called that liberal bint / editor of The Nation out for her phony and transparent attempt to pretend she was being a “capitalist” – and then shut her up completely when she was wrong on the facts.

You can tell when a collectivist is really desperate when they have to use the language of capitalism (unconvincingly, if you noticed) to sell collectivism. Of course, the five people watching MSNBC were probably cheering her on and were no doubt confused when she suddenly stopped talking.

Too clever by half, Katrina. You started out by lying, and instead you got educated.

I guess I’ll have to defend Ryan. He represents an area that’s biggest employer was GM, and it’s a stones throw from the most hideous liberal hell you could imagine, Madison.
If you’ve seen the guy in here, MadisonConservative you have no idea how strange those two word together are. It’s like calling someone a morbidly obese anorexic. There’s NOTHING Conservative around there. Picture the SF Berkeley area of liberal morons, now keep the same amount of liberal stupidity but shrink the area down to between a fifth to a tenth the size, now you have Madison. Ryan is bucking an awfully big trend by being a conservative.

Lay off the Southern cracks chief. Come visit us in Texas and you will have your mouth washed out with soap at the least. It might also be nice for you to see a state that tries to live up to the Constitution.

Here’s what I can’t believe. How such good and educated people (like Katrina in the video), actually believe that the government will increase competition!

I might increase competition in the extreme short term as private insurers try in vein to minimize their profits and keep up with the government’s not for profit (likely revenue losing) machine. But after that initial period (which the dems will hail as success), most of the private insurers will go out of business.

How is this not clear to these “intelligent” people?

The funny thing is that these are probably the same folks that refuse to shop at Walmart because it kill Main St.

Did you hear how dishonest that anchorette is? She’s really drinking the Obama kooliade. Since when is it OK for “news” anchors to a. Endorse legislation, and b. blatantly spin the facts for it? She sounded like an administration OPERATIVE.

marklmail on July 30, 2009 at 7:35 AM

You can see the anger and hate on her face. It’s quite disturbing, and to me it just means that she won’t listen to any facts, any debate, she’s made up her educated LITTLE mind. Koolaid.

Yes, let’s not challenge healthcare to competition. Heaven knows, that would be dumb. Right?

AnninCA on July 30, 2009 at 9:19 AM

Competition is fine. Government interference is not. Whenever the government “competes” it puts its thumb on the scales. For example: I buy a mailbox, and install it on my private property, but UPS can’t deliver to it. Only the USPS can.

Katrina vanden Heuvel: I’ve never seen her that wasn’t an over-the-top aggressive liberal socialist agenda defender. She shows up on the Stephanopoulos Sunday partisan sandbox frequently along with many other authoritarian elitist luminaries (Robert Reich, Donna Brazile, John Kerry etc.). She is never willing to listen and always has an attitude that someone has personally attacked her when she responds to conservative ideas. She is a complete and total tool in the Rachel Maddow/Susan Roesgen/Jennifer Loven mold.

I hope to God these people are not prepared for the smack-down coming their way, eventually. It’s gonna be so sweet!

I’ve always admired Katrina vanden Heuvel, so I found the disingenuousness of her last remark extremely disappointing.

DarkKnight3565 on July 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM

The word, “admire” and “Katrina vanden Heuvel” in the same sentence, is pretty stunning in itself!

She didn’t disappoint me…she’s right on point and consistent…the usual elite asshat, like Garafalo, Dowd and Pelosi. Too bad we can’t banish them to Janesville, to show them, all their silly ideas suck the souls out, of the people they pretend to care about.

I just love how these bitches, react to a real woman, Sarah Palin.

Jeff, “Don’t Blink” was very heartwarming and true.
You’re a lucky man.
Our country is lucky to have men like you.

Typical liberal dishonesty and disingenuousness from Katrina, and her smug hostility towards Ryan is so obvious. No wonder Levin refers to MSNBC as MSLSD – they’re on a trip of over-inflated self-importance.

He does a great job here. Economics is his strong suit. He understands it and can explain it. He’s no leader though. The failed GOP leaders were ripe for toppling but Ryan refused the call to step up. He fell in line with the old guard and does their bidding.

He’s more conservative than Romney but I’m not sure he’s anymore steadfast in his principles.